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Winner of afternoon tea giveaway and Valentine gift arrived.

2012-03-11T13:45:00.001-07:00

My Valentine Love pillow giveaway has arrived at Kathy's house, I made a couple of extra gifts to

include in the package.

Glad you liked it Kathy!

It is now time to announce the winner of my Afternoon Tea giveaway in the previous post..................

Gem from Gem's Country Life Dream

Gem please email me so that I can send your gift.

Thankyou for all of your lovely comments and welcome to all of my new followers!

Happy stitching.

Afternoon tea from Jewel and a giveaway!

2012-03-04T10:51:00.002-08:00

I decided to do a little giveaway to celebrate that I now have over 2000 followers, it is similar to the swap I sent Jewel.

This giveaway is now closed, I decided to end it this week instead of next week.

All you need to do is leave a message on this post for one entry to the giveaway, but you must be a follower to enter (new followers welcome) and if you want to gain another entry post the picture of my giveaway on your blog and tell your friends!

~~Giveaway closes on Sunday 11th March 2012 at 6pm GMTime, the winner will be announced within a few days of the closing date.~~

What will you win?

The pink cross stitch necklace

A Teatime Cross Stitch Pattern from My Etsy shop or another cross stitch pattern of your choice.

Two teabag covers

Pretty Thankyou cards with beautiful pale pink ribbon attached.

Please note: I am unable to answer any comments on this giveaway because I am going to be quite busy over the next few weeks, but please be assured your name will go into the draw.

Here are the gifts all wrapped in a pretty package ready to be posted

Choice of a pattern from My Etsy shop here

Gifts from Jewel to me

Here are the lovely afternoon tea gifts that I received (you can see the gifts I sent Jewel in the previous post), the gifts I received are just so lovely, inside the package was a Tea Pot necklace, a cup and saucer, some home made jam, pretty recipe cards, some stickers and of course, tea!

Thankyou Jewel, I really enjoyed this swap.

I looooove this teapot necklace, great minds think alike! lol

Pretty recipe cards

Pretty little stickers

Until next time, happy stitching!

Afternoon tea exchange

2012-02-28T12:02:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, the afternoon tea exchange gift I sent to Jewel has arrived!

I sent one of my own cross stitch designs, the Tea Time cross stitch pattern from my Etsy shop, together with my first hand made teapot necklace, thankyou cards and tea tags, some teabag holders, a cupcake fridge magnet and matching holder.

I have also received Jewels gift, I will show them in my next post over the weekend.

More photos below.

You can get some of the items from the links below:

Tea Time counted cross stitch pattern here

Digital download teabag holders from Suzie Q's crafts on Etsy here

Thankyou cards and tea tags are free downloads from Bianca's Pretty Blog here

Alenka's Printables blog has lots of freebies for afternoon tea here

Sorry the photos are the wrong way around!

I punched the corners with a pretty corner punch and cut the pink card with fancy edged scissors

Hope you like them!

Welcome to my new followers and thankyou for all of your lovely comments!

Afternoon tea cross stitch gifts posted

2012-02-26T07:41:00.000-08:00

Nothing much to show this week as I have been preparing gifts for an exchange that I signed up for over on Jewels blog here, I simply could not resist joining as the theme is afternoon tea, which of course is my favourite! Jewel is my partner, we all had to put 6 gifts in the swap, one was a crafty gift, another was edible and one gift had to be handmade, they were all being sent out to coincide with Jewels birthday, I think this was such a lovely idea.

I thoroughly enjoyed this swap, I sent it on Saturday so it should arrive on Monday or Tuesday, as soon as I know it has arrived I will be posting pictures on my blog.

I also sent Kathy's Valentine giveaway gift, that should arrive within the next week or two.

Thankyou for all of your lovely comments and welcome to all of my new followers.

Happy stitching!

Cross stitch pillow winner!

2012-02-19T15:19:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, just a quick post to announce the winner of my Valentine cross stitch pillow giveaway,

the winner is .........................

Kathy A from Kathy's Sit and Stitch blog here

Congratulations Kathy, please email me in my profile with your contact details and I will post the gift to you within the next 7 days.

Thankyou so much for all of your kind comments and welcome to all of my new followers. I will be having another giveaway over the next few months to celebrate that I have over 2000 followers on my blog! Yay! I can't promise when the giveaway will be, but rest assured there will be another before my big annual giveaway in July when I will celebrate 4 years of blogging!

Thanks everyone for your visits to my little piece of blogland!

Happy stitching.

2012-02-14T11:54:00.009-08:00

Cross stitch work in progress, Valentine giveaway and stash bought in Paris!

Hi everyone, we returned from the Paris stitching show, L'aiguille en fete, on Saturday evening, it was -8 in Paris and I was very relieved to get home to my nice warm house, we had a lovely time!

In this post I will show my recent cross stitch work in progress, my cross stitch stash from Paris and show you my latest giveaway for Valentines day and give details of how to enter.

I started to stitch this Home Sweet Home cross stitch pattern of mine whilst I was on the train to Paris, I just love the colours in this and it is a very easy pattern too! I am stitching the cross stitch design on 18 count aida fabric with DMC stranded cotton threads. You can check out my designs in my Etsy shop here.

Here is a close up of the design.

Next up is the stash I bought at the show, 2 patterns, a bobbin, handmade pins and little wooden extras, I am looking forward to playing around with these.

I love these pins - yummy!!!!!

It was quite busy but we got there just half an hour after the doors opened, we got around pretty quickly before the crowds appeared!

~~And now for my giveaway, all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this valentine pillow is:~~

Giveaway now closed

~~Become or already be a follower and leave a comment on this post, thats it!~~

~~The giveaway will close at 6pm (GMT) next Sunday evening on the 19 February 2012 and then I will draw and announce the one winner either on Sunday or within a few days of the closing date.~~

~~Good luck!~~

Now closed

I appreciate all of your comments and welcome to all of my new followers......

Happy stitching!

2012-02-05T11:36:00.003-08:00

Alphabet peacock cross stitch sampler finished!

The Alphabet Peacock Sampler is now finished!

It was such a quick stitch, hope you like it.

Until next time, happy stitching!

Peacock alphabet sampler cross stitch

2012-02-02T12:59:00.002-08:00

I decided to start stitching one of my patterns, the Peacock alphabet sampler that I designed in January, I chose to stitch it in DMC thread number 160 on 32 count belfast linen and it looks quite pretty. Most of you know that I love swarovski crystals, I have the perfect colour of blue to match this cross stitch design but I am not sure if I am going to use them yet.

Here is a picture of the complete design.

Happy stitching!

Free love pillow for Paris show and another free pattern!

2012-01-29T13:03:00.000-08:00

Here is the little love pillow pattern from the previous post, I have stitched this for giving away at the Paris embroidery show, the first person to see my badge and identify me can claim this small gift, if no one claims this prize I will offer it up as a freebie when I return.

I will make a small badge with my blog name and wear it on my lapel.

I have also made another freebie for you to stitch, this one is Peace and it matches the Joy pattern I posted at Christmas 2011. So now you have all three patterns , Peace, Joy and Love which is exactly what I wish for all of my readers!

Enjoy stitching them!

Until next time

Happy Stitching!

Free valentine cross stitch patterns, Rosey finished, new stash and Tilda dolls!

2012-01-26T07:04:00.000-08:00

I have bought some new fabric to make this Tilda Doll from the book Tilda's Summer Ideas, this fabric is really pretty, I got it from ebay, it is from the Tilda fabric range. I also bought some other fabric from a website called Crumbly Cottage a UK shop here, they arrived very quickly and Claire the owner placed a free bag of buttons into the parcel, it felt like my birthday, they were such a treat to open!

New design Valentine patterns see below

Stitching news and a free pattern

I have now finished Rosey from Little House Needleworks, I think she is so pretty, the photos are below.

As Valentines day is approaching I decided to make a couple of free patterns for you, the cross stitch freebies are at the bottom of this post.

My trip to Paris

As you know I am off to Paris to the embroidery show and I am thinking of making a small gift for the first person who recognises me. There is only one exception to this, if you have already won one of my giveaways you are not eligible to claim this at the show but you can claim one of my patterns from my Etsy shop, I will be putting the full details on my post on Sunday evening.

I will be wearing a badge with my blog name to make it easy to find me!

Hopefully I will have made the small gift by this Sunday when I will post a picture on my blog, if no one claims it at the show I will offer it as a free gift when I return.

Here are the cross stitch freebies, they make lovely scissor fobs!

I have some new cross stitch patterns for sale in my Etsy shop here including this love birds pattern!

$4.50 about £2.99 after exchange rate calculated

Thankyou to all of you for the lovely comments you send my way, and may I extend a warm welcome to all of my new followers!

Happy stitching!

Cross stitched bag, pinkeep and pillow.

2012-01-21T08:53:00.000-08:00

I decided to make my first drawstring bag and use a cross stitch design that I finished quite some time ago, the Amitie design is a freebie from Martine's blog here

The pinkeep and little pillow I finished for a friend some time ago, you can get the small pillow pattern from my blog here

The free alphabet pattern is available from me via email in my profile.

I show how to fringe the edge in the photographs below.

On reflection I think I should have put the seam down the side, mmmm!

How to fringe the edge

Cut along the fabric edge

Stitch the fabric about 1cm from the edge in a straight line

Pull the threads like this

until you get to the stitching and there you have it, a nice fringed edge!

Happy stitching!

Baking, stitching and off to Paris to L'aiguille en fete show!

2012-01-17T05:06:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I have not been doing much cross stitching this last month, in fact, I haven't been doing any, however, I have been stitching on a dress that I started last summer and I have also been checking out my Christmas gifts. The first I want to tell you about is this wonderful cake decorating machine that my husband bought me, you can decorate really beautiful cakes with this, very easily! It is the Cricut Cake, it came with a selection of tools and a computer cartridge that fits in the machine, this has all of the designs for you to choose to decorate your fondant icing or you can cut out biscuits in lots of lovely shapes. I am going to be using this over the next few weeks to get used to it and then hopefully I can show you some nice creations I have made.

I love making cupcakes, they are just so pretty with all the new edible cake glitters and decorations that one can purchase, I bought the cupcakes book in the top photograph and made some delicious cupcakes after following their recipes, you can find the book at the link below.

Cupcakes From the Primrose Bakery

You can get the Cricut Cake from Amazon here

Cricut Cake Mini Machine

There are many other cartridges to choose from but this is the one that was included in the package

The next gift I received was from my sister, it is a book by Cath Kidston, I love it because it included a bag that you could make yourself, it is an easy pattern to follow, I am looking forward to stitching this.

The fabric is really pretty and you even get the Cath Kidston label.

Check out the book for yourself here Sew!

Stitching news and my forthcoming trip to Paris!

Below are a couple of photos of the red dress I have been stitching, the first is the pleated sleeve and the next photo shows the ribbon trim that I will be putting on the waist and hem, if you wish to see more progress you can see it on my dressmaking blog here.

I am so excited to be going to the L'aiguille en fete stitching show in Paris in February, I missed the opportunity to go last year but promised myself I would attend in 2012. My husband and I, together with my sister and brother-in-law, will be going to Paris for three nights, the husbands will not be joining us at the show but my sister and I will be enjoying every minute!

Of course, I will be involving my blogging friends in some way, I got this idea off Carol from i stitch blog here thanks Carol, I hope you don't mind me pinching your idea!

How will I involve blogging friends you may ask?

I will be wearing a badge Happiness is Cross Stitching, the first 4 people to recognise me from my picture on this blog or who see my badge and tell me they have read this post will get one of my patterns from my Etsy shop here, sent to them via email, if I have time I may stitch something for each person but I cannot promise, I will let you know the updated details in a post next week.

I am off to Paris on the 8th February and I will be attending the stitching show on the Thursday or the Friday. I am looking forward to meeting any blogging friends that recognise me or see my badge, or, if you would like to arrange to meet me at the show just drop me an email and we can meet up for a coffee and a quick chat about cross stitch!

In my next post I will be giving away a free pattern for Valentine's Day or you can see my Valentines Patterns here in my Etsy shop and I will also be confirming details of catching up with me at the Paris show.

Thankyou for all your comments on my last post and welcome to all of my new followers!

I have had a few problems with emails not getting to the recipients in box, if you have emailed me for anything specific you should have received a reply by now, unless you are a no- reply blogger, in which case I cannot reply to your emails.

My finishes for 2011

2012-01-03T11:35:00.000-08:00

I thought I would show you all of my completed stitching and cross stitch designing for 2011, I had to split it into separate photograph's so that they could be seen more clearly.

And now for my cross stitch patterns that I designed in 2011.

These are the Valentine patterns for February 2012, they are all available in my Etsy shop here or from my blog.

My Christmas designs

Enjoy!

Thankyou for all of your lovely comment's on my last post and welcome to all of my new followers.

Until next time, happy stitching!

Little House Neighbourhood finished and framed and Chocolate Shoppe framed

2011-12-31T08:04:00.000-08:00

Little House Neighbourhood finished

I finally finished Little House Neighbourhood ( English spelling ) for my sister's Christmas gift, however, it was not without it's trials and tribulations! I started stitching this in January 2011 thinking that I would have plenty of time to finish this, I had everything planned and thought it would be an easy task. Now, the pattern is very easy to follow and I had no worries there, however, the time skipped happily by and before I knew it September had come and gone and then I was in the middle of October thinking "Oooooo must finish my sister's cross stitch" but I got busy with other commitments.

Finally I had one week left before Christmas to stitch merrily away on Little House Neighbourhood and then this happened........................

I sprained my thumb by banging it real hard on the door handle! The bruising soon appeared and it was quite painful but all I kept thinking was Christmas Day approaching fast!!!! Aghhh!!!

Panic set in!!!! .lol

I struggled through finally putting the last stitch in thinking " wonderful, it is now finished" and suddenly realised I had stitched it in the wrong colour and forgot to alter the chart for the English spelling of neighbourhood! I knew if I left it with the American spelling everyone would think I had spelt it wrong, so it was much easier to change it.

I then had to unpick all the stitches and start again! I decided it would be best to put it away for a couple of days, trying not to think about Christmas Day getting ever nearer! lol

I finally finished framing and gift wrapping very late on Christmas Eve! lol

I framed it in a Cherry wood frame.

I suppose the moral of the story is.................

If you ever start stitching a piece of cross stitch in January don't presume you will have plenty of time, don't procrastinate because one never knows what may happen! lol

My thumb is much better but it is still quite sore, but at least I got it finished, and, by the way, my sister Ann- Marie loved it!

I framed The Chocolate Shoppe today.

Thankyou for all of your lovely comments on my little red box set in the previous post and welcome to all of my new followers!

Have a wonderful New Year, see you in 2012!

Happy stitching!

Christmas box exchange finally arrived at destination and a free pattern for you.

2011-12-28T12:10:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year!

I was very pleased to finally hear from the moderator of the Hooked On Exchanging blog that my box had finally arrived at it's destination, I was ever so worried that it had got lost in the post as I sent it on the 1st December.

I painted a little box and hand made some polymer clay roses and a red brooch to go inside the box with some pretty red ribbon. I lined the box with white fabric and edged the inside with red cording.

The cross stitch pattern is my own design and is available at the bottom of this post for you to print.

Other stitching news

I have finished Little House Neighbourhood for my sister's Christmas gift, I shall show pictures in my next post. I am really pleased with the way it turned out, I have framed it in a simple cherry frame and even though I say so myself it really looks lovely.

Hope you have a lovely New Year, until next time,

Happy Stitching!

Christmas Box arrived from Marie

2011-12-14T00:43:00.000-08:00

Look what arrived in the post for me!

This lovely Christmas box arrived from Marie ( blog here ) and I absolutely love it!

Marie very kindly sent me the beautiful box that contained chocolates, a Mill Hill beaded cross stitch kit, some lovely Christmas buttons, ribbons and a small cross stitch chart.

Thankyou so much Marie for this lovely exchange!

The box I sent to my partner has not arrived yet, as soon as it does I will post a picture and a free pattern.

The trim looks ,like snowballs - how cute!

I am looking forward to making something with these cute buttons.

This is the beaded kit that was included.

Thankyou for all of your lovely comments and welcome to all of my new followers.

Happy stitching everyone!

Teatime, snowflake patterns and stitching news

2011-12-06T09:00:00.000-08:00

This is just a quick post to let you know what I have been up to!

It has been a while since I have done any blogging, I just cannot believe how quickly the time goes by! I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show at Harrogate a couple of weeks ago, my sister and I had a fun day out, I bought a quilt kit that included the pattern and the fabric but goodness knows when I will get around to stitching it! lol

I have been doing a bit of designing for my Etsy shop here, my latest are these two tea patterns and the snowflake design, I like these because they are quick stitches and great for a beginner too, I have also designed a larger snowflake pattern that you can see below.

I have not much to show at the moment because I have been working on a box for the Hooked on Exchanging Too blog, I sent that last week, therefore I can only reveal the box once my partner has received the gift. I am looking forward to showing it because I have designed the pattern myself and will be offering it as a freebie in the next post.

Until next time............

here is the larger snowflake design.

Happy stitching everyone, thankyou for all of the lovely comments and a big welcome to all of my new followers.

Scissor fob exchange arrived at destination and more stitching news.

2011-11-08T11:11:00.000-08:00

I have another scissor fob or two to show you, these are my latest stitching addiction!

I made this for Ina in the Hooked on Exchanging blog for the Halloween exchange, I did not include any gifts for this, I usually like to make my extras but I ran out of time, I spent that much time on the stitching on this one that time just flew by and before I knew it the send date had arrived.

It may not look much but there was quite a bit of work in this!

It is a Just Nan pattern from a Halloween issue of Just Cross Stitching magazine from 2009, to be honest I was not too sure if I liked the deisgn or not but at the time I did not have any other appropriate halloween scissor fob patterns.

I have also been stitching a Christmas scissor fob from my Christmas Cat cross stitch design, the photos are below.

I trimmed the tassel with black mill hill beads

I stitched our names on the reverse with a hand made with love tag

And now for the Christmas scissor fob, I hope you are not bored by now!

I designed this Christmas Cat cross stitch pattern for my Etsy store but then decided to design a smaller pattern to make a scissor fob or small pillow.

I trimmed it with mill hill red beads and metallic silver thread

The tassel and cord were made from DMC stranded cotton.

The Christmas Cat pattern is available from my shop blog here or my Etsy store here

included with the pattern is the free scissor fob cross stitch design.

Until next time, happy stitching everyone!

Halloween exchange received from Lisa.

2011-11-02T03:35:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I have received the halloween exchange from Lisa S, it is a lovely scissor fob with a small pumpkin charm that jingles when you shake it, isn't it cute!

Thankyou so much Lisa for this lovely exchange, I love it!

You can see Lisa's blog here

Halloween Scissor Fob now finished

2011-10-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

Halloween will soon be here so I thought I would show you the scissor fob that I talked about in the previous post, this is the one made from my free pattern here, I only used three colours but I think it looks quite nice. I really enjoyed stitching this, although I have not done much halloween stitching this year I have put pictures in my blog header of the stitching I did last year, one was for an exchange I did and the other was a gift for my sister. I have since been meaning to stitch the Just Nan halloween tin for myself but haven't got around to it just yet, it has been in my craft room since last year in my stash!

Here are some more photo's.

I handmade the tassle out of matching DMC thread, stitched mill hill black beads around the edge and added some beads to the tassle.

Happy Halloween everyone, thanks for the comments and welcome to all of my new followers!

Happy stitching until next time.

Free halloween pattern, work in progress and a new pattern.

2011-10-26T09:57:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I have plenty of stitching and creativity to show you this week, I have a free pattern for all my readers, progress photo's on Rosie from Little House Needlework and my latest Christmas Cat design to add to my cross stitch pattern collection.

I have been busy with Halloween stitching this week, I have just sent off the Halloween Scissor fob to my partner in the Hooked on Exchanging Halloween exchange, I can't show you that yet until my partner has received it, although I enjoyed stitching the scissor fob so much that I decided to make my halloween cat into a mini freebie to stitch as a scissor fob or mini hanging ornament.

I have completed the pattern in grey colours so that you can see the stitching lines etc but I am stitching mine on black fabric, I have finished stitching the pattern and I am going to trim the edge with black beads.

Here is the pattern, just click on the picture and print.

Here is my scissor fob, I am going to attach a handmade tassle and maybe a bright orange matching cord, hopefully I should have this ready for my next post.

If you wish you can purchase the matching halloween larger pattern on this page here, just scroll down and you will see it there.

Stitching news

Next up is my progress on Rosie, I love the way she is turning out, I can't wait to get this framed.

Last but not least my latest Christmas Cat design available here

Welcome to all of my new followers and thankyou to everyone who has commented, I appreciate all of your comments!

Happy stitching, hope you enjoy the scissor fob freebie!

My first design has been published and my latest felt stitching.

2011-10-16T12:02:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I was going through some of my photos and saw that I had not published this needlework set I made in August, it is made from blue felt and stitched with spider web roses and mill hill beads, it is one of my own designs.

Here is the inside of the needlebook and the reverse side of the pillow

Stitching news.

I was very excited this week when I visited the local book store, I saw that my first design had been published in this months World Of Cross Stitching Magazine, it was on the front cover! This has been in the planning stage for some months but I did not want to say anything until it actually happened.

Unfortunately, my magazine has not yet arrived in the post, it should be arriving any day now, when it does I can show the magazine on my blog and you can see the Christmas design that I stitched, you will have to buy the magazine though if you wish to stitch the pattern.

I designed and stitched a round Christmas Ornament with swarovski crystals attached.

I am still stitching Rosey Posie from Little House Needleworks, she is looking very cute and I should have a photo for you soon.

Welcome to all of my new followers.

Happy stitching, until next time!

Christmas Owl, Chandelier pattern and winner of my giveaway!

2011-10-05T09:19:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I have been busy creating some more of my cross stitch designs, my latest one is a cute owl, followed by a shabby chic chandelier. ( Photos below )

But first I am going to announce the winner of my giveaway for the My Memories Suite Software:

The winner is Mouse from Tales of a Stitching Mouse blog here

Congratulations Mouse, please email me and I will send you the details on how to claim your prize!

And now for the patterns I have been busy designing this week.

I love anything shabby chic and wanted to stitch something unique for my craft room, I decided to design this pink chandelier.

I think the pink looks nice stitched on white, black or pale grey, I have chosen to stitch mine on white fabric, I think once this is framed in a shabby chic wood frame it will look perfect on my craft room wall.

My patterns are available here

I have a special opening offer of buy two patterns and get one free

Stitching news

I have signed up for the Halloween exchange and the Christmas Box exchange on the Hooked on Exchanging blog, I need to get thinking about what I will be stitching as it is quite a while since I have signed up for any exchanges.

I have nearly finished Rosey from Little house Needleworks, I should have a progress picture to post next time.

Thankyou for all of your lovely comments and welcome to all of my new followers!

Happy stitching!

My new Christmas design and My Memories Suite giveaway.

2011-09-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Hi everyone, I have recently been stitching some new cross stitch designs, the latest one is my new Christmas design for the Christmas holidays here I have framed the photo of the pattern using the My Memories Suite Digital Software package, I am no expert but I am having lots of fun playing around with the different tools within the programme.

To get an idea about what the software enables you to do just click on the video below and enjoy!

Welcome to the Family! from Lisa Jurrens on Vimeo.

Happy stitching everyone!

My Memories Suite Giveaway!

2011-09-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

~~Hi everyone, I have been asked by My Memories Suite to host a giveaway on my blog,~~ it is not cross stitch but it is something I think you will find interesting!
Have you ever wondered how some blogs have lovely photographs with floral trimmings and ribbons etc and you never understood how they did that? Well I certainly did not understand it, until now that is!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

I designed this picture using the 'digital software programme' from My Memories Suite Version 2 and I think it is kind of cute, don't you? It was very easy to do, I am looking forward to getting more creative with this, I think my next project will be to design a new blog header for my blog, so watch this space!
The cross stitch pattern is one of my new designs from my new set of cross stitch patterns I have been designing for my Etsy store here I am hoping to be showing you some other cute easy cross stitch designs every night this week, and of course I will be using My Memories Suite To show you them to best effect!

This software is a digital software programme that allows you to make lots of pretty papers and decorate your blog with the kits that can be purchased from My Memories Suite (Click link to take you to the page)

I would advise you to check out this video here as it shows you what you can do with My Memories Suite in a little more detail, and there are lots of other videos on the same page to give you lots of ideas to use this 'digital software package'.

I am offering one reader this 'digital scrapbooking softaware' for free, yes free, for you to make your blog look beautiful, as well as making the most beautiful scrapbook pages. Don't be too upset if you don't win first prize because everyone is a winner in this giveaway, all readers of my blog can use the code below to get $10 off the $39.97 price of My Memories Suite software.

Just enter the code below when you add your software package to the basket on their website and you will get $10 deducted off the price.

STMMMS44238

What do you need to do to enter?

Visit My Memories Suite website here and choose your favourite digital package, return to my blog and leave a comment stating which one you have chosen, thats all there is to it!

The giveaway closes on Sunday 2nd October 2011 and I will announce the winner shortly afterwards.

I absolutely love this software package, it is so easy to use and I am looking forward to making my blog look so much prettier! I will be back Sunday evening with another cross stitch pattern and another cute picture using this software.

Good luck everyone!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED